HC Deb 20 May 1997 vol 294 cc40-1W
Mr. Vaz

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many civil servants at each grade within his Department were of Asian origin on 5 May. [247]

Mr. Fatchett

Staff within this Department are not obliged to report their ethnic origins. The information in the table is based on voluntary returns to a survey into ethnic origins carried out in 1989 to which 89 per cent. of staff responded. We have since invited all new entrants to complete the questionnaire, and those that have done so are also included.

Officers of Asian origin by grade (including those of part-Asian origin) as at 1 April 1997
Number
DS5S/HCS6 1
DS5/HCS7 2
DS7D/8/HEO (D) 4
DS7M/HEO 7
DS9/E0 20
DS10/EAJA0 47
AA/SGB2 9
Total 90

These figures do not include officers on unpaid leave.

Mr. Vaz

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth affairs if he will make a statement on current Anglo-Yemeni relations. [289]

Mr. Fatchett

We enjoy good relations with Yemen. My right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary has recently written to the Foreign Minister of Yemen, stressing our wish to strengthen co-operation between our two countries.

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